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From the inventors of Virtual Studio Technology, Padshop is a unique monophonic/polyphonic granular synthesizer for Mac OS X Lion and Windows 7 and runs as plug-in within any VST 3 host application.

The user interface of Padshop provides undeviating accessibility to all its controls and content, with more than 400 presets plus the SoftGrain Wave ROM comprising hundreds of samples to customize presets and feed to the two available grain-layer oscillators.

Availability and pricing
Padshop will be available from February 29, 2012, as download version through the Steinberg Online Shop website and requires Steinberg's USB-eLicenser dongle.

The suggested retail price for Padshop is EUR 49.99, including German VAT, and GBP 42.34, including British VAT.

The Epic Pig Guiro is a Kontakt sample library based on a pig-shaped guiro, a Latin-American percussion instrument. It could be hit on its body or rubbed on top notches to produce a ratchet sound. This is a very common instrument with a real hidden power.

- VST3 support added.
- Both Mac and Win versions now have a dedicated installer.
- The PPM mode has now its own adjustable reference level.
- Fixed: input of negative values.
- Fixed: strange behaviour at higher sample rates.

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